How to not get lost in the sauce?

Hi there, 

The world of finance is huge and I'm having trouble narrowing down what specific industry I want to go into. For example, hedge funds are my goal but do I pursue quant, research, trader, PM? If anyone can provide clarification that would be great as I have many questions and hope to learn much from the community. 


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Hi there, 

The world of finance is huge and I'm having trouble narrowing down what specific industry I want to go into. For example, hedge funds are my goal but do I pursue quant, research, trader, PM? If anyone can provide clarification that would be great as I have many questions and hope to learn much from the community. 

Thanks for reading

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